SALT LAKE CITY — With All-Star Game festivities quickly approaching, LeBron James still hasn’t decided whether he’ll participate in any of the other events — more specifically the Slam Dunk Contest.

James said last season that he wanted to bring the old-school attitude back to a contest that had been influenced far too much by props in recent years.

James said that he’s still 50-50 regarding whether he will participate. The league has begun announcing participants for the weekend-long events. TNT has announced pre-game contestants for the “dunk-in.”

DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors and Eric Gordon of the Los Angeles Clippers will face each other for a shot at halftime of the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam. Fans will decide via text who goes on in that contest.

But James isn’t worried that he could be left out in the cold.

“No, I haven’t, but if they already announced it, I think if I decided to do it they’d let me do it,” he said.

Given his stature in the league, that doesn’t come across as anything but the truth. Participants in the contest will be announced Monday.

Many fans ever expected Kobe Bryant to join the Dunk contest. But Kobe always didn’t come. Hope this time, Lebron will give fans surprise.